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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]At least it’s just an exercise.... imagine if it was her reality... like every day.[/quote]

Omg, I know. A close friend grew up in Baltimore's high-rise projects otherwise known as 'Murder Homes'. He is a beautiful, strong, positive person, but reading between the lines of some things he's said make my heart sink. We were talking about gross foods, and I told him about this one time my grandmother boiled a whole cow's tongue for dinner and set it on the table whole. I was so disturbed that cried and left the room until dinner ended. His answer: "Was there anything else to eat?"

This is a tiny sliver of painful experiences he's been through because his skin is brown and America is deeply racist. Since meeting this friend, I dove deep into learning US history by reading Martin Luther King, Jr., Richard White, Frederick Douglas. The deeper I go, the more my heart breaks.

So yeah, maybe the club could've handled the privilege test scores better, but imagine if she had to deal with the things other people live with.

PS. And before someone blames his mother for being poor and having children she couldn't afford, take my word for it that his mother is brilliant and you've no place to judge.[/quote]
I think you are misunderstanding. OP’s child scored very low so presumably lacks economic/racial/etc. privilege. Everyone else scored really high and it made op child self conscious to see that everyone else had so much more than her.[/quote]

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